79 Ceti b
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| Extrasolar planet | List of extrasolar planets | |
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| Orbital elements | ||
| Semimajor axis | (a) | 0.363±0.021 AU |
| Eccentricity | (e) | 0.252±0.052 |
| Orbital period | (P) | 75.523±0.055 d |
| Angular distance | (θ) | 10 mas |
| Longitude of periastron |
(ω) | 42±14° |
| Time of periastron | (T0) | 2,450,338.0±3.0 JD |
| Semi-amplitude | (K) | 11.99±0.87 m/s |
| Physical characteristics | ||
| Mass | (m) | >0.260±0.028 MJ |
| Discovery information | ||
| Discovery date | March 29, 2000 | |
| Discoverer(s) | Marcy et al. | |
| Detection method | Doppler Spectroscopy | |
| Discovery site | Calif., USA | |
| Discovery status | Published | |
79 Ceti b (also known as HD 16141 b) is an extrasolar planet orbiting its star every 75 days. With HD 46375 b on March 29, 2000, it was the first known extrasolar planet to have minimum mass less than one Saturn.
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[edit] References
- Marcy et al. (2000). "Sub-Saturn Planetary Candidates of HD 16141 and HD 46375". The Astrophysical Journal 536 (1): L43 – L46. doi:.
- Butler et al. (2006). "Catalog of Nearby Exoplanets". The Astrophysical Journal 646 (1): 505 – 522. doi:. (web Preprint)
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